I went through the first simulation and THAT is what eLearning and simulations are (SHOULD BE) all about. There is just enough tension to raise YOUR heart rate (ensuring you are actively learning and not passively watching), and there is NOT a flood of information that is either not very relevant at the moment, or worse, wholly inappropriate. Do I need to know everyone and everything's history? No. Do I need to see a formal list of objectives? No. What about a list of references? Nope. Forward and back buttons? Nope.

I will bet that if I put this up against a traditional PowerPoint of the topic (don't want to give too much away if you haven't yet seen it), you will not only remember much more from this exercise, you will be able to perform the steps involved much more accurately.

Nicholas, that lifesaver simulation was awesome. E-learning courses should be as close to reality as possible, and that one was very good. I will save that in my inspiration bookmark folder

In this medical ethics course they wanted to create a long movie for the students to watch. But since movies are very passive I got them to breake up the movies and get more interactive elements into the course.